Visitors on Google site can see a doodle of Curie sitting among laboratory apparatus. Clicking on the doodle leads to a search results page on Marie Curie.
First woman ever to be honoured with two Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry, Curie discovered that radiation is not caused by interaction between molecules, but from atoms themselves. In 1898, along with her husband, she published a paper announcing the existence of a new element, polonium. They also announced the existence of another element, radium, named after its intense radioactivity.
According to nobelprize.org, the importance of Curie's work is reflected in the numerous awards bestowed on her. She received many honorary science, medicine and law degrees and honorary memberships of learned societies throughout the world. Together with her husband, she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, for their study into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel, who was awarded the other half of the Prize. In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, in recognition of her work in radioactivity. She also received, jointly with her husband, the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1903 and, in 1921, President Harding of the United States, on behalf of the women of America, presented her with one gram of radium in recognition of her service to science.
Exposed to so many radioactive materials throughout her career, Curie died of aplastic anemiain 1934. UN has declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry to celebrate her achievements and contributions.
Google Doodles are the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists.
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